and the Indian woman has her needle, which is smooth, and not liable to rust; her thread to sew her coarse dress made from petal flax (a textile fabric of this plant), prepared in the crudest ...

Shutterstock photo While there are plenty of plants you want to avoid coming into contact with, none of them come close to ...

Scientists found an overlap of four native plant species that were consumed by gorillas and also used in traditional medicine. Researchers tested bark samples of each plant for antibacterial and ...

The scientists concluded that Rakus knew he was applying medicine because orangutans very rarely eat this particular plant and because of the length of the treatment. "He repeatedly applied the ...

The plants weighed a total of 3,000 kg and the plantation included two buildings set up to dry the plants and solar panels to power the well for the irrigation system.

The just-opened medical oxygen plant at St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital is cause for high recognition as it represents the type of forward-thinking that we have been advocating in this space for ...

NEEDLES AMONG THE SMALL PLASTIC TRASH WASHING ... THAT SHE HAD FOUND A SYRINGE WITH SO MANY QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE MEDICAL WASTE. LIKE WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE BEACH. LIFEGUARDS OVER THE ...

Educators are using the genre to teach both Spanish and Latin culture to a growing number of U.S.-born Latinos not fluent in ...

It has been used for generations in traditional medicine for treating various ... Rosemary is a mint-family perennial plant.

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

DAVIS -- Most people reading through Max Bloom's research on plant medicine in Africa would be shocked to learn that he is only 17 and about to be a senior at Davis High School. Bloom was inspired ...

A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, say scientists. It is the first time a creature in the wild has been ...